John Major & Northern Ireland - Big revision challenge

Question 1

What caused Black Wednesday?

Accepted Answer

UK inflation was 3x higher than in Germany, German interest rates were high

Question 2

What new genre of music became popular in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

Acid house

Question 3

What term was coined in the 1990s to describe loutish women?

Accepted Answer

Ladette

Question 4

How many votes did Major win in the 1992 general election? (still a record)

Accepted Answer

14m

Question 5

How many people were unemployed in 1990?

Accepted Answer

2m

Question 6

Who challenged Major to the leadership of the Tory party in 1995?

Accepted Answer

John Redwood

Question 7

Who is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Spice Girls

Question 8

What was Direct Rule?

Accepted Answer

Shutting down Stormont and ruling from London

Question 9

What social policy did John Major introduce?

Accepted Answer

Citizens' Charter

Question 10

Why were Catholics unhappy about the new Northern Ireland?

Accepted Answer

They wanted to be part of a United Ireland, They worried about its in built 65% Protestant majority, They had little political power

Question 11

Which groups won support after Bloody Sunday?

Accepted Answer

The IRA

Question 12

What Unionist Prime Minister tried to bring in reforms?

Accepted Answer

Terence O'Neill

Question 13

What word was used to describe the scandals that hit the Tory party in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

Sleaze

Question 14

How much money did the Treasury lose on Black Wednesday?

Accepted Answer

£3.3bn

Question 15

Why did Britain join the ERM?

Accepted Answer

Keep £ stable, Keep inflation low

Question 16

Did NICRA campaign for a united ireland

Accepted Answer

It only wanted civil rights for all

Question 17

When was Northern Ireland set up?

Accepted Answer

1921

Question 18

When was the National Lottery launched?

Accepted Answer

1994

Question 19

Which of these was NOT an economic problem in 1990?

Accepted Answer

Undervalued £

Question 20

Where was Northern Ireland's Parliament?

Accepted Answer

Stormont

Question 21

When was the Good Friday Agreement signed?

Accepted Answer

1998

Question 22

What were the B Specials?

Accepted Answer

Special part time police who werevery protestant

Question 23

How long did the ground offensive in the Gulf War last?

Accepted Answer

100 hours

Question 24

When was the law changed to prevent anti-social and distruptive acid house parties?

Accepted Answer

1994

Question 25

When did Prince Charles and Princess Diana get divorced?

Accepted Answer

1992

Question 26

What did some Protestants believe NICRA was?

Accepted Answer

A front for the IRA

Question 27

What % of people surveyed in 2000 thought homosexuality was morally wrong?

Accepted Answer

35

Question 28

Why were Catholics angry in the 1960's?

Accepted Answer

discrimination in jobs, They had little political power, Discrimination in housing

Question 29

Which class was most affected by the early 1990s recession?

Accepted Answer

Middle Class

Question 30

How many died on the day of Bloody Sunday?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 31

What was the name of the Loyalist group in the Troubles?

Accepted Answer

UVF

Question 32

Why did the opinions change towards British troops?

Accepted Answer

They raided catholic areas looking for weapons

Question 33

How did NICRA campaign?

Accepted Answer

peaceful marches

Question 34

What was Major's job before being PM?

Accepted Answer

Chancellor

Question 35

Were British troops welcomed?

Accepted Answer

Yes by catholics

Question 36

Why were Protestants unhappy in the new Northern Ireland?

Accepted Answer

They felt their catholic neighbours wanted a united ireland, They felt threatened by their catholic neighbours

Question 37

Why were unionists angry with O'Neill?

Accepted Answer

They felt he was giving too much away to catholics, They felt he threatened a united ireland

Question 38

How did Major famously describe Cabinet ministers who criticized Maastricht?

Accepted Answer

Bastards

Question 39

What % of the world's oil supply did Saddam Hussein threaten to take control of?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 40

What was the name of the 1972 march attacked by the British army?

Accepted Answer

Bloody Sunday

Question 41

What style of campaign did Major use in the 1992 general election?

Accepted Answer

Soapbox

Question 42

What did the Good Friday Agreement agree?

Accepted Answer

That power would be shared between unionists / nationalists, That the police would be changed, That prisoners would be released.

Question 43

What did Major put Heseltine in charge of?

Accepted Answer

Poll tax

Question 44

Which of these was NOT a cause of the 1990s recession?

Accepted Answer

Black Wednesday, 1992

Question 45

Which new drug came to Britain in the 1990s

Accepted Answer

Ecstasy

Question 46

Which part of the Maastricht Treaty did Major get an 'opt out' for? (2 possible answers)

Accepted Answer

Single European currency, Social chapter

Question 47

Why were many NICRA supporters angry?

Accepted Answer

Marches were attacked by the police

Question 48

Which European treaty did Major sign?

Accepted Answer

Maastricht

Question 49

What % of people surveyed in 1990 believed homosexuality was morally wrong?

Accepted Answer

69

Question 50

What caused Labour to lose in 1992?

Accepted Answer

Kinnock wasn't trusted because he'd changed his policies, Shadow budget showed tax increases, Lack of a clear message, Triumphalist campaign

Question 51

Which of these IS NOT a John Major phrase?

Accepted Answer

The third way

Question 52

Where did NICRA learn its tactics?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King

Question 53

When was NICRA set up

Accepted Answer

1967

Question 54

Who did the British Government send to Northern Ireland in 1969?

Accepted Answer

British Soldiers

Question 55

What was the Special powers act?

Accepted Answer

It gave the police the power to arrest without trial

Question 56

What job could women do for the first time in 1994?

Accepted Answer

Priest

John Major & Northern Ireland - Big revision challenge

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